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Benjamin Charles Baxter

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Pte Benjamin Charles Baxter (19/392), Purewa Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (April 2016). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Pte Benjamin Charles Baxter (19/392), Purewa Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (April …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Benjamin Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Baxter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19/392 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1878 AWMM Staffordshire, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Lilley Baxter (wife), Saint Helliers Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19/392 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Storeman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Lily Maude Baxter, of St. Helier's Bay, Auckland.

    Born in Staffordshire, England.

    Died after discharge from the N.Z.E.F. from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 February 1919 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block F, Row 39, Grave 101. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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